Ralph,

Geez, I don't know if you offended anyone or not, my brain slammed on the brakes
half way through the first sentence, I just want to know where I can get a
paramour!

The mention of going toe to toe with Spielberg reminds me of a recent
revelation...I get these in the morning mostly and they shock normal
people....so they are best shared with the likes of you.  I have long complained
that I was thoroughly disappointed by Dart Vaders dealth scene.  Is there
nothing in the world that is dependable?  Why could he not stay vigilently evil
to the end.  Why not stay true to character, flip a coin for evils sake, kill
the kid, kill the emperor, pretty simple choice really, one of the two had to go
and right away...nooooooo he's got to go and agonize over it....what a
woooooossssssy!   Well, the revelation is that Darth is just Spielberg's words
and delema's up there on the screen...Speilberg simply did non understand
Darth.  Its not Darth's fault.  Now I can place him back in my pantheon of
examples of excellence to be drawn upon for inspiration at the appropriate
moment.

Its a win-win situation for Darth, the only way he can loose is to not make up
his mind and act decisively.  Speilberg lost sight of that.  I know other people
who loos sight of that.  You can't loose sight of that in preservation.  To not
act is to act...often irresponsibly.  Its easier to forgive those who act.

Wow, how did this get from offensive paramours to evil role models back to
preservation?  Its gonna be an interesting day!

-jc

Ralph Walter wrote:

> In a message dated 10/29/2000 5:21:56 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> <<
>  > See you all at the April shows in 2001.
>  > >>
>
> Mr. Smartypants,
>
> This means we're screwed, and you're going to be laughing at us in April,
> doesn't it?
>
> Well, we'll be sitting in our Eames chairs in the privacy of our own homes
> while our paramours peel us another grape, while you're scrunched into fourth
> row center among the descendants of George Follansbee Babbitt who have made
> the move from Sandpit, Iowa and environs, wiping Garrison spittle off your
> celluloid (cellulite?) collars.
>
> Sign me,
>
> One who knows.
>
> PS--liked your piece on the Brooklyn bank, and its savioress; was it designed
> by the same King (Gamaliel) who did the world's most famous building, BBH?
>
> And how is it that you get to interview all these people who survived World
> War Two's Greatest Hits, Only to Save Historic Buildings in Old New York?  (I
> noticed you didn't ask her opinion of the neutron bomb).  Should we await the
> Sharpshooter Holocaust (Nuclear and Otherwise) Project going mano a mano with
> Spielberg?
>
> John Callan said I should try to offend people intentionally, rather than
> inadvertently.  Does this count, John?